““In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.” - Mark Twain”
— Mark Twain

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Menorca // Sitting here in the plaça writing this caption with a white wine and one euro caña, listening to people speak a language that isn’t our own. We have a reservation to eat outside at 9.30 at a place that caught our eye th
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